The Chatham Artillery is one of the oldest militia companies in the United States, organized in 1786 (and commemorated by a monument in Emmet Park; see 1.8). One of several private militia companies located in Savannah by the nineteenth century, Chatham Artillery had its headquarters on the northwest trust lot overlooking Wright Square before moving to this location in 1914. This building reflects the popular use of medieval, castlelike architectural forms for armories in North America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This armory, however, lacks a drill hall, presumably because of its proximity to Forsyth Park (10.1), which had long been used by militia companies. Equally unconventional was the inclusion of rentable commercial spaces flanking the recessed main block that fronts Bull Street. The extension of the building fronting Park Avenue originally was the “Gun House”; when the company vacated this building in 1936, the American Legion Post 135 moved in. The restaurant in the wing to the south acquired a rooftop terrace in 2010 (Tom Hoffman, engineer, with Bloomquist Construction).